To add to that. We here at Fort Riley, KS have found two periods in which
surplus ceramics were simply trashed; once, in the hospital privy in the
late 1870s, and then again, in the post dump in the 1890s.

John Dendy

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> The comments about surplus sales is well noted but most of the items I
> have
> seen in the War of 1812 sales of ca 1816-1817 was for clothing and metal
> goods and they bought damn few ceramic except for hosp stores and at large
>
> establishments. I note the officers buying material.
>
> It is of note that a lot of the goods were sold in the South and the
> officials in charge shipped them (clothes) south  to be sold in the slave
> holdings. Be careful if you find military buttons at a site you do not
> expect
> to be military.
>
> Just a few comments
>
> Jim Parker